Leveraging marginal structural modeling with Cox regression to assess the survival benefit of accepting vs declining kidney allograft offers.

ABSTRACT: Existing studies evaluating the survival benefit of kidney transplantation were unable to incorporate time-updated information on decisions related to each organ offer. We used national registry data, including organ turndown data, to evaluate the survival benefit of accepting vs turning down kidney offers in candidates waitlisted from 2007-2013. Among candidates who declined their first offer, only 43% ultimately received organ transplantations. Recipients who later underwent organ transplantation after declining their first offer had markedly longer wait times than recipients who accepted their first offer, and 56% received kidney transplants that were of similar or lower quality compared to their initial offer. In marginal structural modeling analyses accounting for time-updated offer c

SUBMITTER: Cohen JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6591028 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature